interesting article, for all those who think Ubuntu is already easy

[Robert Spanjaard]

On Tue, 23 May 2006 14:24:36 +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote:

>>> I generally dislike "Easy Settings GUIs" because those things still
>>> require knowledge of what the settings mean.
>> 
>> Ofcourse, the neccessary knowledge could be provided in the GUI
>> (help-screen/mouse-over/whatever), and you could hide the DMA-setting in
>> an Advanced Settings-tab or -window.
>> 
> Ah yes, a switch with two options:
> 
> Up:	"More Magic"
> Down:	"Less Magic"

Did you read what I wrote about _knowledge_ being provided?

> If More Magic is better, and possible on your system, then it should be
> automatically selected; with no option of having Less Magic.

Which isn't true in this case (and many other cases BTW), as you can see
from the other replies. DMA isn't enabled by default on a lot of drives
that support it.

Again: if there's a reason to have a certain option, there's a reason to
put it in a GUI.

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